This Game Is Too Realistic

2021-12-02

  Chapter 248 Elder Fang’s "Market Research"

The towering walls make Boulder City become Compared with the distant cloud province and the ideal city, the well-known paradise here seems to be within reach.

However.

This majesty does not benefit everyone here.

On the way to the main entrance of Boulder City, the first thing that catches your eyes is a huge slum.

The tattered shack, like psoriasis, grows under the feet of a huge wall, and looks like an unsightly stinking ditch from a distance.

Most of the people living here are yellow and thin, wrapped in a piece of clothing that I don’t know how long they have been wearing, sitting in a daze at the door, or planning to go out to pick up waste.

There is not much trash to pick up nearby. If you want a good harvest, you can only go to higher floors or farther places.

The sewage and excrement that can be seen everywhere dye the snow that should have been white to other colors. It must be worse when the snow melts. It is a miracle that there is no outbreak of plague.

Having never seen so many NPC Fang Chang in this game, he stared at the scene in front of him and asked.

"How many people are there?"

Xu Shun asked his question again, and Qian Lai replied it indifferently.

"Ten thousand, twenty thousand, maybe one hundred thousand, anyway, people here have never seen less. Who would take the effort to count such things is meaningless."

A surprised expression appeared on Xu Shun's face.

Tens of thousands? !   This is too exaggerated.

At this moment, Fang Chang, who is staring at the VM screen and watching the subtitles, is thinking about completely different things in his heart.

"Thousands of people?!"

"...What do so many people eat?!"

Anyway, it's not farming anyway.

It doesn't look like there is a place for farming.

At the end of the slum is a crooked telephone pole with a few speakers wrapped around it, playing several boring channels in turn.

One hundred meters further ahead is the main entrance of Boulder City.

There are clean concrete roads, militiamen on duty, caravans ready to go, and poor people looking for work everywhere, many or even small children.

For the overwhelming majority here, life is two hopes.

One is to catch up with the factory to recruit workers.

If you can't count on these two, and can't let go of your only self-esteem to beg or betray your soul, then you can only be a mercenary.

To catch up with the wave, you don’t even have to buy a gun yourself.

Fang Chang's entire group was quickly spotted as a trader because he was carrying the goods shipped from the outpost.

A little boy with slightly curly hair and dirty face followed Qian Lai step by step and said in a sharp voice.

"Sir, do you need a servant? I can count, wash clothes, move things... I can smell the mice and cockroaches hidden in the crevices, and I can do anything."

He has good eyesight, and he can tell at a glance who is most like a business person in this entire group.

However, the ability like him is plentiful and easily available in the entire slum.

"No need."

"Sir--"

The boy still wanted to fight, but Qian Lai interrupted him impatiently.

"I only say it once."

Looking at his unkind eyes and the pistol on his waist, the boy took a step back, not daring to entangle any more, and ran to the side , Looking for the next target.

Xu Shun glanced at the boy's lost back and didn't say anything.

He is not a sympathetic person, and of course he does not naively think about helping children. Once this kind of thing has started, the troubles will be endless.

Who is not pitiful in this wasteland?

For him, the task assigned to him by the manager is the first priority, and everything else must be pushed aside.

But...

Looking at the towering huge wall, Xu Shun still couldn't help feeling.

The huge wall is very high, and it makes people feel safe to look at.

But it is still the northern suburbs ruled by the manager, and it makes him feel warm...

Across the street from the main entrance of Boulder City is the Faraway Wind Hotel. Hang on the gate of splendorous and majestic.

But the guests there seemed to have a little conflict with the hotel.

In front of the hotel waiter, a man wearing an old leather jacket, his face flushed with anger. A suitcase was lying next to him. Judging from the scattered luggage, it should have been thrown out of the door.

Behind him, there are also guests who were driven out like him.

"Didn't you say that you only need one bargaining chip a day?"

The hotel waiter drew his ears and said impatiently.

"Yes, our manager said so, but it was winter, and now the price has increased. We didn't stop you from renewing the room, did we?"

"Ten A bargaining chip for a day? Are you robbers? Why is it more expensive in winter?"

"Of course it is to make room for guests from afar, why do you think winter is cheaper?" The hotel waiter sneered "Okay, take your luggage, you can go away."

"What if I say no?" The man stared at him tightly.

"What does that have to do with me?"

The waiter yawned, without even looking at him, turned and walked towards the front door.

As he passed the main entrance, he glanced at the security guard at the door.

"It's over to you."

The fully armed security guard was nodded expressionlessly, standing there motionless, looking straight ahead, like a statue.

The disregarded man looked annoyed and stretched his hand to his waist.

However, just as soon as his hand touched his waist, a gun sounded, and a blood hole was imprinted on the center of the man's eyebrows, and he fell back in response.

The woman next to her screamed.

The other guests hurriedly backed up, packed their luggage and left here.

Having witnessed this scene all the way, Fang Chang looked towards the militiamen in the city gate in surprise, but saw that they didn't bother to take a look here.

Xu Shun, who was walking beside, asked him the surprise in his heart.

"Those people...don't care?"

Qian Lai gave him a strange look.

"Those people? You mean the militia?"

Xu Shun swallowed.

"en. "

Qian Lai laughed said.

"The militias don’t care about disputes outside of Boulder City. They only care about the land at the gate. Law enforcement has a border. The wasteland is so big, we always impossible to take care of every piece of land and take care of this street. Don’t worry about the next street? The reputation of this hotel is good. The boss is a nobleman in the inner city, and the manager is a capable man. He has a good relationship with several gangs in the slum. If you are here for business, they will To introduce you to the customer... only a 10% commission, and only once."

Taking out the rusty pocket watch and looking at the time, Qian Lai continued.

"It is noon, and there are not many people. If it is night, it will be more lively here, but I do not recommend you to have fun here."

"Have fun?"

"It's nothing, just don't care if you are not interested. If you are interested, you can ask the waiter at the door just now, and he will introduce it to you."

"...?"

Xu Shun looked blank.

Qian Lai urged him to say.

"Let's go, we should go to the city gate to line up... By the way, have you prepared the entrance tax?"

Xu Shun was stunned.

"Entrance tax? You have to pay tax when you go in?"

The manager told him that these goods are sold and a share will be paid to the caravan, and the remaining money can be taken Part of it is used for their activities.

But those goods have not been sold yet, and he has no chips in his pocket.

I don’t know if those people receive Silver Coin...

Qian Lai smiled and said, "Of course, 3 chips are in the city at a time, so most people don’t get in and out at will. No It's okay to bring it, I'll pay for you this time."

There will be more opportunities to deal with in the future.

Judging from the boss’s reaction that night and the manager’s attitude afterwards, Qian Lai felt that he had to build a good relationship with them.

This is a long-term investment.

The six chips are only a small amount for him and his boss.

Queuing didn't take a long time.

It is mainly to check whether there are dangerous goods in the goods.

It is worth noting that explosives with an equivalent weight of more than 300g are contraband, but bullets and rifles are not. Maybe it is because they have absolute confidence that they can kill the troublemakers immediately. These militiamen don't seem to care whether they bring weapons in at all.

Think about it too.

The barrels of several heavy machine guns can be seen on this huge wall, and it is reasonable to arrange several snipers or similar things in the invisible places.

When Fang Chang was inspected, several militiamen unexpectedly looked at him and the bow behind him. After a few whispered exchanges, they wrote on a book full of words. Add a sum.

Of course, Fang Chang is doing the same thing, calmly writing on a notebook with a pen.

[...The leader of the militia at the giant stone city gate is very strong, and can feel a dangerous aura, probably awakened, not sure how many levels are. ]

[In addition, awakened entering the survivor base will be registered. 】

[But judging from the reactions of people around, ordinary awakened should not deserve special treatment, registration is just a routine matter. 】

The militia will release the entire group.

Looking at the huge gate passing by, Xu Shun, who was carrying his bag, couldn't help feeling in his heart.

Finally here.

……

"...We followed the caravan into Boulder City, and the caravan leader paid us the entrance tax for a total of 6 chips."

That night.

After going offline, Fang Chang immediately went to the official website to open a post and took the first-hand information of Boulder City to the forum.

Not only the players are curious, what the dog planner has put in the new map, even the planner himself is curious about what is going on in Boulder City.

frankly.

Chu Guang has accumulated chips for five months, and he intends to run there from Beit Street.

If he hadn't found Vault 404, he might have screwed it there.

Because it’s a serial post, Elder Fang’s typing speed is not very fast, so Chu Guang sitting in front of the computer clicked on the [Just look at the poster] option to give the sand sculpture netizens’ comments temporarily. Filtered out.

"The situation in the city is completely different from the outside. The streets here have been renovated, and the buildings were rebuilt on the ruins of torn down. The higher you go into the city, they are higher, but they are not as high as the huge wall."

"Good hotels are expensive. Cheap hotels and taverns are hidden in tangled and complicated alleys. The conditions there are not much better than the slums outside. But it’s worth mentioning that because A drainage system was built, so it doesn’t smell too stinky."

"Perhaps the planning is suggesting us that we should also consider adding some municipal facilities to the strongholds on the surface?"

"In terms of clothing, the residents here are mainly dressed in cotton and linen, and the weaving industry should be very developed. For the citizens who work in the city, there is basically no problem in dressing, just a piece of clothing. Will wear for a long time. Mercenaries prefer to choose leather clothes or body armor made of special materials, so even if they hide their guns, it is easy to distinguish them."

"A few hospitals and Schools are scattered in several communities on the fringe of the inner city. People living there have a completely different mental outlook from the outside, and their consumption power is stronger."

"There is also a wall in the city center. It is the inner city of Boulder City. More than a dozen high-rise buildings before the war have been renovated to form the top of the Pyramid of Boulder City. The ruler who dominates all of this is a man named Fang Ming. He rarely shows up directly in front of the public. Most people are shown by holographic images. Most people are in awe of him, but there are quite a few people who don’t care."

Low, many technologies have even reached the field of sci-fi, but the overwhelming majority are still very struggling. Especially for the uneducated lower class, there are only two ways to make money, either join a caravan or become a servant Soldiers."

"After we settled our footing, we and the people from the caravan took the devil cloth and spirit leaf to the trading post. The bulk commodities of the entire Boulder City were traded there. There are hundreds of stalls, like a bazaar. The stall owners there are amazed by our weaving craftsmanship. Here we have to give Fuji Teng Xiaogai a lot of praise... But I can feel that they are obviously more interested in spirit leaves. "

"Finally, 10 pieces of devil cloth were sold for 5000 chips, and the 100kg spirit leaf also sold 5000 chips... This is the result of bargaining, at first they only intend to give half of this number. The weight of the cargo is actually the same, but as far as I am concerned, the latter is less difficult to obtain and obviously more profitable."

"After the transaction was completed, the guard NPC and I strolled around here. I conducted a simple research on the market and found that the demand for rubber and biomass oil is very stable. Surprisingly big, and the most important thing is price transparency! The only disadvantage is that the price is not high, and where to get so much rubber and oil is a problem. "

"In addition, cotton, flax, grains, and materials such as steel, aluminum, and even precious metals such as silver and gold can all be traded here. "

"The following are only speculations! "

"Considering that Boulder City focuses on the characteristics of the two professions [merchant] and [mercenary], the next version may open the runner and mercenary gameplay. "

"If you plan to run a business, you must pay attention to the weak spending power of the residents here, and it is estimated that it is difficult for the food to sell at a high premium!" "

"But relatively, mercenaries have strong spending power, and their needs are clear. Cheap weapons, protective gear, auxiliary equipment, stress-relieving alcohol and even mental leaves, as well as medical gauze and dry food, can all be sold here at a good price! "

"Maybe we should run a shop in Boulder City?" Obviously, the supply of our weapons has exceeded demand! "

"Of course, if a brother with a power system is interested, you can also go to the factory to screw?" However, the current trigger method is unknown, and the return is very low, and the process is suspected to be extremely boring. "

"Unless you have never entered the factory in reality, it is strongly not recommended!" " -    (I checked the information and checked the Cavan. It is more comfortable to smooth the outline, but there is not enough time. It is really difficult to save the manuscript... After laying the ground and starting a new plot, I will update it today. Now.)   (End of this chapter)